Petition Calls for Twitch to Ban Gambling Streams
Gambling streams have been a growing sticking point for some Twitch viewers. There are people who take issue with the practice because many streamers initially attracted their audience by playing games and have now shifted their focus to gambling. Others consider it problematic because it essentially promotes unregulated gambling to an audience comprised largely of minors who are easily influenced. Lucrative gambling sponsorships like the one signed by former Twitch streamer Adin Ross, which paid nearly $4 million per month, have only added fuel to the fire.
Some people, like xQc, have even been criticized by other content creators for their Twitch gambling streams. With him in particular, the choice to gamble online while others watch is particularly questionable, given that recently xQc admitted that he has a gambling addiction and lost $1.85 million in just one month. In June 2021, he said he would stop creating that type of content due to the negative impact it could potentially have on his audience. Rather than quit, however, he recently began to host sponsored gambling streams instead. In defense of the decision, the streamer rationalized that it would have a positive effect on viewers because “people will see I lose and I’ll say, ‘Look, guys, the amount only goes down.’”
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It was just a matter of time, therefore, before a petition was started to try to put an official stop to the gambling streams, or at least place some restrictions on creating such content. A Change.org petition launched on May 20 by Erin Jordan specifically calls out Twitch’s big money advertisers, including AT&T, Nvidia, Logitech, HP, Uber, and Adobe, and others. “Your
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